The class has several other features feats, skills and spells that help the assassin scout, stalk, trap and escape, and in that way serve to support the death attack. When executed correctly, the death attack can paralyze the target, rendering him helpless and an easy kill. To achieve this, the assassin class has the death attack class feat that works as a surprise attack. A person who commits such an act is called an assassin.Īn assassination may be prompted by religious, ideological, political, or military motives it is an act that may be done for financial gain, to avenge a grievance, from a desire to acquire fame or notoriety, or because of a military or security services command to carry out the murder.”Ī key feature here is the surprise attack that secures the death of the target. “Assassination is the murder of a prominent person or political figure by a surprise attack, usually for payment or political reasons.
The Wikipedia has a definition of assassination that may (or may not) serve as a guide to roleplaying an assassin: So if the assassin class is all about killing, what sets the assassin apart from the other characters that kill? We have the brawling fighter, the smiting blows of a paladin, and the fireball inferno from a raging sorcerer, the backstabbing by the flanking rogue or the hail of arrows from a dedicated archer, and so on.
Different characters kill in different ways. To kill creatures is a central part of the NWN game.
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